Model "P" in gender prediction based on the mastoid process
Aim To determine the degree of accuracy in determining the sex of the skull based on classical morphometric analysis of the mastoid process. Morphometric analysis excluded a subjective approach expressed in osteoscopic analysis. MethodsThe study was conducted on a sample of 100 macerated skulls of known gender and age from the second half of the 20...
By Aida Sarač-Hadžihalilović, Edin Hojkurić, Miralem Musić, Ilvana Hasanbegović, Zurifa Ajanović, Lejla Dervišević, Selmira Brkić
Epidemiology of neonatal sepsis caused by multidrug resistant pathogens in a neonatal intensive care unit level 3
Aim Steady progress in intensive treatment worldwide has increased the survival of immature neonates, but with multiple invasive procedures, which have increased the risk of infection, thus the bacterial resistance to antibiotics. The aim of this study was to analyse the epidemiology of multidrug resistance pathogens as causative agents of neonatal...
By Devleta Hadžić, Fahrija Skokić, Selmira Brkić, Amina Saračević, Delila Softić, Dženana Softić
Diagnostic and prognostic value of procalcitonin in patients with sepsis
Aim To investigate predictive value of procalcitonin in diagnosis of sepsis in predicting positive blood culture, and possibility to predict final outcome in septic patients. Method This prospective study involved 106 hospitalized patients who met two or more criteria for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). In comparison to Sepsis Relat...
By Sehveta Mustafić, Selmira Brkić, Besim Prnjavorac, Albina Sinanović, Humera Porobić-Jahić, Sabina Salkić